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46  Why tis · de do you call kaleō me egō, ‘ Lord kyrios, Lord kyrios,’ and kai do not ou do poieō what hos I say legō? 47 Everyone pas who ho comes erchomai to pros me egō and kai hears akouō my egō · ho words logos and kai does poieō them autos I will show hypodeiknymi you hymeis whom tis he is eimi like homoios: 48 he is eimi like homoios a man anthrōpos building oikodomeō a house oikia, who hos dug skaptō · kai deep bathunō and kai laid tithēmi the foundation themelios on epi · ho bedrock petra; when a flood plēmmyra · de arose ginomai, the ho river potamos broke prosrēssō against · ho that ekeinos house oikia but kai could ischuō not ou shake saleuō it autos, because dia · ho it autos had been well kalōs built oikodomeō. 49 But de the ho one who hears akouō and kai does not do poieō them is eimi like homoios a man anthrōpos building oikodomeō a house oikia on epi the ho ground without chōris a foundation themelios; when hos the ho river potamos burst prosrēssō against it, · kai immediately it fell sympiptō, and kai the ho ruin rhēgma of ho that ekeinos house oikia was ginomai great megas.”

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The Two Foundations(A)

46 “Why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but don’t do what I tell you? 47 I will show you what everyone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them. 48 They are like a person building a house, who dug a deep hole to lay the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the floodwaters pushed against that house but couldn’t shake it, because it had been founded on the rock.[a] 49 But the person who hears what I say[b] but doesn’t act on it is like someone who built a house on the ground without any foundation. When the floodwaters pushed against it, that house[c] quickly collapsed, and the resulting destruction of that house was extensive.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:48 Other mss. read had been built well
  2. Luke 6:49 The Gk. lacks what I say
  3. Luke 6:49 Lit. it